As I said, continuing education. Are you an Oracle expert, discovering this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/24/amd_hadoop_migration/ Your hard-earned skills are now obsolete. Back to school with you! -- Walt On 03/25/2014 06:19 PM, Aaron Luman wrote: > That is one of the biggest changes that I look forward to with higher > education. The move from 'traditional' degrees where information is given > to students toward institutions that VALIDATE the knowledge/proficiency of > students. > > There was a Ted talk that I saw a year or so ago with a rep from Stanford > talking about how they plan to provide incremental certifications of > specific skills (at a very low cost) related to the knowledge they expect > students to gain from their free online offerings. (unfortunately I > couldn't find it right now) > > There are so many people who do not have adequate access to quality higher > education with the current model due to geographical, financial, or time > constraints. Want to get a job as a DB administrator? Take MIT's 3-part > course on database theory, SQL, and security and CMU's 2-part course on > server administration. Then, go to your local CC and have them proctor > Yale's DB admin certification test. It will be very interesting to see how > these changes influence the demand for degrees in tech related industries. _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
